Coat and hat hanger.



No. 718,731. PATENTED JAN. 20, 1903. C.' SGHLIGKER.

.GOAT AND HAT HANGER.

APPLIoATIo'N FILED AUG. 29, 1902.

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OHRlSTIAN SOHLIOKER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO FRED HEISLER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

COAT AND HAT HANGER.

SPEGIFIGA'LION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,731, dated January 20, 1903.

Application filed August 29, 1902. Serial No. 121,528. (No model.)

To LtZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN SC'HLICKER, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Coat and Hat Hangers, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

My invention is a holder or rest for hats and coats or other wearing-apparel adapted to be secured to the backs of settees, pews, benches, or similar seating devices in auditoriums, vehicles, or elsewhere, or secured to thewalls of rooms, closets, wardrobes, dto., the invention being hereinafter fully described, and more particularly pointed ont in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevation of the device normally in place against a supporting wall or body. Fig. 2 is an edge view seen as indicated by arrow 2 in Fig. l, parts being shown in various positions by full and by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the holder or barrel, taken on the dotted line 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. is a horizontal central longitudinal section of the barrel, taken on the dotted'line et in Fig. l. Fig. 5 is an end view of the barrel, indicated by arrow in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a vertical crosssection of the barrel, taken on the dotted line 6 in Fig. l. Fig."7 is a rear side elevation of the barrel, seen in the direction indicated by arrow in Fig. 4. Figs. l and 2 are drawn to a scale smaller, and Fig. 6 to a scale larger, than that of the remaining figures.

In the drawings, A is a rigid body, as the back of a seat or Wall, towhich the garmentholding device is secured.

B is the garment-holder, which comprises a swinging arm ct, shown joined at right angles to a shaft b by means of an elbow-coupling c, though the parts ct and o may be in a single piece bent to form Without departing from my invention. The shaft b is held to turn axially in a holding-barrel C, secured by ordinary means rigidly to the body A, the turning of the shaft admitting of the swinging of the arm a. from a vertical to a horizontal position or the reverse, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. An additional bearing d, Fig. 1,

Vis usually provided for the shaft secured to the body A. At its outer free end the arm a is provided with an enlarged part or head e of any suitable ornamental form, pierced horizontally to receive Within it a curved rod or part f, designed for holding a garment, as a coat. The part f, preferably tubular, has its freefeud usually tipped with an ornamental metallic acorn or sphere g and provided with a rigid collar h next to the head c. At its projecting threaded end m the tubular part f is also provided with a screw-nut t' to hold it in place in the head, the screw-nut being so adjusted as to permit the partfto turn freely in the head e. A minor curved rod la for holding hats is inserted in the end m of the curved part f, being tipped at the outer end by an ornamental part, asa metallic sphere Z. The parts f and 7a together constitute a bent cross-rod for the swing-arm, extending each way therefrom, the curves of the extended parts beingin a plane. A weight D, depending from the rod or tube f, serves to hold the bends of the cross-rod at all times in a vertical plane, as appears in Fig. 2, during the time the arm a is changing its positions in moving from vertical to horizontal and back, as shown.

The barrel C receives axially within it the end of the shaft Z9, as appears in Figs. 3, 4., and 6, being held therein by simple means, as a screw o, inserted transversely through a side of the barrel, with its point in a groove p in the shaft. The barrel is formed with an axial chamber r, Figs. 3, 4, and 5, in which is placed a spiral spring s, one end of the spring being held by the barrel, as shown in Fig. 3, and the other end held in a collar t, rigid with the shaft andin position to cover or close said chamber. The spring acts to normally fold the device or hold the whole in a vertical position against the back A of the seat, as shown in Fig. 1 and by dotted lines in Fig. 2, out of the way of persons passing in or out of the seat.

l/Vhen in use, the swing-arm ct is turned down to a horizontal position, as shown :in Fig. 2, the weight of the garmentv holding it in this position. To arrest the downward motion of the swing-arm when horizontality is reached, a stop-screw u, Figs. 4, 6, and 7,

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is inserted through a Wall of the barrel C, having its point entering a cavity u in the end ot` the shaft b. This cavity is formed laterally around in the convex side of the shaft, so to have one of its Walls meet the conical point of the stop-screw, as shown in Fig. 6, when the arm a is horizontal.

I provide cushions or buffers w, Fig. 2, of yielding material, as india-rubber, for the head e and the Weight D, so that when these parts are thrown back in vertical position against the body A by the action of the spring s, as stated, the shock or meeting of the parts with said body will be easy and noiseless.

The weight of the garment on the crossrod serves to hold the arm a horizontal and away from the body A, the spring returning the arm to its normal position when the garment is removed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A coat and hat hanger comprising a swing-arm and a holder therefor, and acrossrod held pivotally by the swing-arm at its outer free end, and means for arresting the downward motion of said swing-arm when it reaches a horizontal position, su bstantially as shown and described.

2. A coat and hat hanger comprising a swing-arm and a holder therefor, and a crossrod held pivotally by the swing-arm, the cross-rod being formed in curved parts eX- tepnding each Way from the swing-arm and means acting on said cross-rod adapted to maintain its position in a vertical plane, substantially as set forth.

3. A coat and hat hanger comprising a swing-arm anda holder therefor, and a crossrod held pivotally by the swing-arm, the cross-rod being formed in curved parts eX- tending each way from the swing-arm, and a pendent weight carried by the cross-rod, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. A coat and hatv hanger comprising a swing-arm and a holder therefor, and acrossrod held pivotally by the swing-arm, a pendent Weight carried by the cross-rod and a spring for controlling the swing-arm, substantially as shown and set forth.

5. A coat and hat hanger comprising a swing-arm and a holder therefor, and a crossrod held pivotally by the swing-arm, a pendent Weight carried by the cross-rod, a spring for controlling the swing-arm, and a stop to limit the motions of the swing-arm, substan tially as shown and described.

6. A device for hanging garments, having a spring-actuated swing-arm and means for holding it, a cross-rod held to turn in the swing-arm, a pendent Weight carried by the cross-rod, and a buffer or cushion on the head of the swing-arm, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

'7. A device forhanging garments, comprising a spring-actuated swing-arm and a holder therefor, a. cross-rod held to turn in the swingarm, a weight pendent from the swing-arm, and a buier or cushion on the weight, substantiallyas shown and for the purpose stated.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 23d day of August, 1002, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHRISTIAN SCHLICKER.

Witnesses:

ENos B. WHITMORE, MINNIE SMITH. 

